Avoid Cheap Data Recovery!

After being involved in the data recovery industry for so long, I observe that among many trusted and respected data recovery companies, grows a number of doubtable firms which offer data recovery service for cheap. However, there is a reason professional data recovery firms may charge at times up to thousands of dollars for their services. In order to retrieve the data from failed hard drives, highly trained engineers, as well as the use of expensive tools, and a special environment are needed.

All of these requirements are mandatory for a successful data recovery. Furthermore, the cost depends on the nature of disaster, the time it takes to perform the recovery, the level of difficulty, and the type of hardware. Most parts of the hard disk would have to be replaced in order to make it functional. However, these parts can be very difficult to find and order, because they are often discontinued from being manufactured. Professional data recovery companies tend to keep a stock of rare hard disk parts, which contributes to overhead costs. Data storage is extremely prone to any kind of contamination, such as dust, humidity, etc. Therefore, trusted data recovery companies invest in clean room facilities to ensure that the hard disks are handled in an appropriate, contamination-free environment. Establishing and maintaining these clean room facilities can be quite expensive. I am sure that you have been attracted by such claims as "Just for $289!" or "Flat rate data recovery!" when looking for data recovery services. Beware of such statements! Believe me, there is no free cheese. No real data recovery professional will ever tell you the fixed price without a precise analysis of failed storage. If you choose a cheap data recovery service provider, you may as well expect to lose your data forever. Such data recovery "providers" use free or cheap data recovery software available on public market, in an attempt to recover your data. However, it only works in 10% of the cases. Data recovery software is limited to some extent as it is very specific. Also, it is not possible to deal with all types of data loss. Furthermore, incompatible software can destroy what was otherwise recoverable data. Every failed recovery attempt dramatically reduces the recoverability of your data. To avoid losing your important data forever, you have to distinguish between real specialists and unprofessional data recovery services:

- Professionals never estimate the recovery cost without hard drive diagnostic. Imitators claim flat rate recovery.
- Most of reputable data recovery companies offer free estimation.
- Trusted firms have "no data - no charge" policy. Amateurs charge you for labor hours even if the data is not recovered.
- Real specialists have professional data recovery software and hardware to recover your data. Imitators cannot fix difficult cases with regular free software and claim the data unrecoverable.

Even though there are many companies that offer data recovery services, only the reputed companies can pride themselves on effective data recovery.

Professional data recovery is not cheap, but it should be used if you absolutely must get the data back.